Wednesday, April 12, 2017

EARTH DAY

Every day should be “Earth Day,” but is officially celebrated every April 22nd. It’s always important to think about our planet and get kids interested in protecting their environment. Your students are going to be so proud of this “Earth Book” when they take it home to share with their families. Materials: 8” squares of the following colors:2 orange, 1 green, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 brown, 1 purple

Directions:

1. Use the attached patterns to cut out the different pages for the book.2. To assemble the book put down the solid orange, then the purple, brown, yellow, blue, green, and end with the orange with the circle cut out.3. Staple on the left.4. Younger children can “read” the book by describing the colors of the earth on each page. Older students can write simple descriptive sentences on each page.5. On the last page invite children to write or draw how they can help protect the earth.

Hint! Your students will be overwhelmed to do this all in one day, so stretch this project out by asking them to just do 2 or 3 pages a day.

Earth Day Song (Happy Everything CD)Earth Day, Earth Day! Let’s all come together.Earth Day, Earth Day! To make this world much better.‘Cause we love our planet Earth, beautiful and blue.We want to take care of it with everything we do.

We can recycle – tell your friends and neighbors!Glass, aluminum, plastic and paper.‘Cause we love our planet Earth, beautiful and blue.We want to take care of it with everything we do.

We can plant a tree, to create green spaces;Walk or ride our bikes to go different places.Cause we love our planet Earth, beautiful and blue.We want to take care of it with everything we do.Earth Day Necklace1. Give children a small ball of blue polymer clay.2. Give them a small piece of green clay and tell them to break it into 4 or 5 little pieces.3. Attach the green pieces to the blue ball and roll in your hands.4. Make a hole in the center with the nail.5. Bake in a 275 oven for 12-15 minutes.6. String the earth ball on yarn or string to make a necklace.Nature’s Colors1. Give children assorted pony beads and a piece of string or yarn 20-24” long.2. Explain that they can select a bead to represent the different things in nature that they appreciate. For example, a blue bead might remind them of the ocean, or a red bead might remind them of a cardinal. (Hint! Limit one bead per color. To make it easier to string wrap a small piece of tape around the end of the yarn.)3. Tie the ends of the string together to make a necklace.*Older students could write sentences about each color.4. Ask children to describe their necklaces and explain what each color represents.